Ive been in school off-and-on for as long as I can remember cuz I
likes me some learnin'. I'm looking for people to play music and
dance and be weird with me until the poverty of it all becomes too
crushing and I go back for a master's. Also there is of course the
distinct possibility that socializing, being weird and playing
music will suddenly become highly lucrative. Which is to say I'm
trying to finagle my way into the festival circuit and become a
traveling circus person. Which is actually sort of true.

Dancing. Not like pro status, but I will dance off what little
there is left of my ass at a show. Or at work. Or wherever.

Spending too much money on food and drink, whether it be indulging
in a new restaurant experience or going wacky at Rainbow Market and
making myself food for the next few days. I will eat most anything,
but am particularly fond of Indian, Thai, and breakfast foods. More
pragmatically speaking, though, I would truly perish if it were not
for Mexican, which used to mean burritos but then I stopped eating
gluten so now it's dinner plates and tacos.

I give a damn good massage.

I am patient, understanding and nonjudgmental, but also give people
a lot of shit. It's okay, though, I can take it as well.

I'm REALLY good at laughing loudly enough to upset my friends'
roommates as we stumble in late at night or while we're watching
something that is funny on any level. Laughing is my coping
mechanism and I feel all situations are appropriate for some sort
of laughter.

Which reminds me, I am often vulgar, politically incorrect and
offensive to those who just don't get it. But yeah I'm a feminist
too.

I've been told I'm pretty good at playing guitar and singing but
I'm perpetually under-practiced so I won't say more about
that.

If I feel good, I'm great at finding beauty everywhere and being in
love with the world. If I feel bad, I'm good at making my
self-destruction into an event I still manage to enjoy.

Favorite author is Tom Robbins, most recent fiction was Michael
Chabon. I read a fair amount of nonfiction: recently Robert Reich
and Bill Bryson. Currently trying to hatchet through Jared
Diamond's terrible style in order to glean some interesting tidbits
from Guns, Germs and Steel. I don't read enough books I would say.
I like to read local rags like the Guardian and try to keep up with
local issues.

Whereas I don't read enough books, I watch too much Hulu, which is
easy with the renaissance of good tv lately, including Stewart and
Colbert, SNL, 30 rock, Community, Louie, Parks and Rec...

Movies? This list is too hard because my memory is terrible. I like
weird indie flicks, like Wristcutters and Waking Life. Finally just
finished Donny Darko and it was incredible. I like weird epics like
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer and Wings of Desire. I tend toward
the arty and off-kilter but also Up made me cry a little bit. I
took a film class at Berkeley that opened me up to a lot, but I
haven't seen nearly enough of the classics so if you wanna watch
some old movies...

And then there was Music, Oy. I used to be a snob and then I got
over it. If you want we can argue over the viability of genres; I
am happy to but here's a highly abstracted list in terms of my
arbitrary blah blah--will probably add to it as I think of
names: